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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of February, 1868. ☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month. ☞ A school under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School. (Answers placed here.) Name and location of your School? "Sherwood" Drummond town, Accomac Co Va Of what grade? Mixed When did your present session commence? Feb 4- When to close? Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? yes What Society? Am. Miss. Ass'c Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? Not this Mo- (pobably [probably] after this) Have you had Bureau transportation? yes Who owns the School building? Bureau Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No How much? 00 What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 White 1 Colored What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 52 Male 30 Female 22 [[right margin note]] N. School 44. M 35. F 9. [[/note]] {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.} What number of pupils enrolled last report? 00 What number left School this month? 00 What number of new scholars this month? 52 What is the average attendance? 31 What number of pupils pay tuition? 00 What number of white pupils? 00 What number always present? 24 What number always punctual? 24 What number of sixteen years of age? 18 [[right margin note]] 40 [[/note]] What number in Alphabet? 16 [[right margin note]] 16 [[/note]] What number spell and read easy lessons? 26 [[right margin note]] 21 [[/note]] What number of advanced readers? 11 [[right margin note]] 7 [[/note]] What number in Geography? 7 What number in Arithmetic? 12 What number in higher branches? 00 What number in writing? 12 What number in needlework? 00 What number free before the war? 21 [[right margin note]] 18 [[/note]] Have you a Sabbath School? Yes What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 4 What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 51 Have you an Industrial School? State the kind of work done? ☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." 1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 00 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 00 White, 00 Colored, 00 3. Give name and Post Office address of Teachers, - 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 00 White, 00 Colored, 00 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 00 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 00 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 00 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools? Have heard very little expression of opinion 10. Remarks. The figures at the right are those of the night school (Signed) William H. [[Welfley?]] Teacher of Freedmen's School at Drummond town Va * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.